IDE has been working in Nepal since 1992. IDE programs take a market-based approach by creating sustainable market systems that improve access to clean water, micro-irrigation, diversified agriculture, and economic opportunities. IDE in Nepal has about 106 staff and is implementing 10 projects in more than 24 districts covering the plains, hills and mountains. The program objective is sustained poverty alleviation through market participation of the poor as producers, buyers and sellers of products and services.
Since 1992, IDE Nepal’s programs have reached more than 150,000 farmers – helping farmers to generate an average net additional income of $200 per year. IDE’s program in Nepal has also resulted in the sale of more than 25,000 drip systems and 100,000 treadle pumps. IDE Nepal currently has a yearly program budget of $1.2 million.
Key Strategies
Integration of rural farmers, including women and disadvantaged groups, into smallholder agriculture markets
Polak Wins Monito del Giardino Prize
(June 1, 2008) IDE Founder Paul Polak recently traveled to Florence, Italy, to accept the prestigious Il Monito del Giardino prize. The award, which included a €30,000 grant, is presented annually...
Polak's Out of Poverty Now Available
(February 15, 2008) In this hard-hitting new book,IDE Founder Paul Polak tells why traditional poverty eradication programs have fallen so short, and how he and his organization developed an alternative approach that has succeeded in lifting 17 million people out of poverty...
IDE Receives Second Grant From Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(January 25, 2008) IDE today announced a grant of $27 million over four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its micro-irrigation programs for Indian smallholder farmers...
